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Naperville C. Runs Away And Hides

Redhawks Dominate Crete-monee Meet

October 04, 1998|By Pat Rooney. Phil English and Jack McCarthy contributed to this report.

George Cyr knew what it would take for his Naperville Central cross-country team to win the 30th annual Crete-Monee Pow-Wow Saturday.

"Our goal was to score under 21 points," Cyr said. "But the toughest part of this is that every kid has to hit. Today especially--if one person has a bad race then the team is in trouble."

Cyr didn't have to worry about his team this day. The Redhawks surpassed their goal, scoring 16 points to win the team title in the 60-team field. Matt Roefer started the Redhawks with a first-place finish in the seventh flight, and Ryan Teising capped the day with a runner-up finish behind Fenton's Chris Siemers in the championship flight.

"We've been here since it started 30 years ago," Cyr said. "We've won a couple times, but we've always had someone stumble and finish second or third. We've had a dream season so far and hopefully we can keep it going."

Siemers beat Teising by nine seconds with a time of 14 minutes 8 seconds on the 2.95-mile course.

"Ryan handed me a loss by about the same margin in early September," Siemers said. "It shows I'm progressing during the season."

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Niles West Invitational: Wheeling's two-time defending state champion Jorge Torres and his twin brother, Ed, cruised in the meet's White Division. Jorge Torres won the 3-mile race in 14:36.6; Ed Torres followed in 14:37.

"We weren't really racing," Jorge Torres said. "We pulled away and brought it in nice and slow because we've had a couple of weeks of hard training."

Wheeling won its division with 20 points to Stevenson's 68. Maine West's Braulio Benitez won the Red Division race in 15:19.8 to lead the Warriors to the championship over Barrington 36-99.

In the girls' 2.5-mile White Division race, Woodstock's Katie Hartmann won in 14:20.8, 48 seconds faster than runner-up Delilah DeCrescenzo of Queen of Peace. Sandburg won the team title over Wheeling 40-51.

Lake Zurich's Lisa Martin won the Red Division in 14:21.1 to guide her team to the title over Chesterton (Ind.) 31-50.

Wheaton North Invitational: Willowbrook's Jenni Goebel extended her season-long winning streak to five invitationals, finishing the 2.46-mile race at Northside Park in 14:28. St. Charles' Tera Moody was second in the top flight (14:38) and Wheaton North's Rachel Endress third (14:42).

Naperville North's Michele Lally finished fourth in the No. 1 flight, and the Huskies used championships by Amy Silder in the third flight and Lauren Melnick in the fifth flight to edge St. Charles 16-17.

Boys golf

New Trier Invitational: New Trier's Jonathan Linwick shot a 6-over-par 78 at Winnetka Golf Club to lead the Trevians to the team title over Lake Forest 321-324.

"The kids understand that as the weather gets worse, their concentration has to get better," New Trier coach Robert Ruiz said.

Sandburg Invitational: Rosary swimmers set four pool records as they outdueled Neuqua Valley 232-212 for the title.

Freshmen Mary Descenza swam record-setting times in the 200 individual medley (2:10.65) and the 100 butterfly (:57.77). Teammate Megan Moore set a Sandburg standard in the 100 backstroke (:59.05), and the Beads' 200 medley relay also established a mark at 1:50.66.

Neuqua's Jessica Wagner set a pool record in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.18).

Volleyball

Lake Forest Invitational: The host Scouts, ranked ninth, beat Lane Tech 15-8, 15-7 in the final after knocking off Hoffman Estates 15-6, 15-2 in the semifinals and defeating Carmel, Lane and Deerfield in pool play. Brynn Murphy led Lake Forest (25-0) with 34 kills on the day, and Betsy Eiserman had 90 assists.